Narrow Back Mountain
Narrow Back Mountain rises to 684 m in Virginia. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Knob, a peak 3.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 25 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49056395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 684 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 25 mi
- Dundo Overlook · 26 mi
- Trayfoot Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
- Horsehead Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Knob: 3.5 mi
- Sand Spring Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Pond Knob: 4.4 mi
- Narrowback Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Prospect Knob: 4.9 mi
- Riven Rock Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 7.5 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 7.5 mi
- Wildwood Park: 7.9 mi
- Whitelow Park: 8.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
- Fort Harrison: 10.0 mi
- Cannon Veterans Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Monument: 13.1 mi
- JMU Alma Mater: 13.2 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 4.4 mi
- Maple Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hiner Spring: 11.6 mi
- Seawright Springs: 12.8 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 13.0 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 11.4 mi
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 13.4 mi
- Virginia Quilt Museum: 13.5 mi
- Explore More Discovery Museum: 13.6 mi
- Love Essence: 13.1 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 13.2 mi
- Flames: 13.2 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 13.2 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 13.2 mi
- Fear Forest: 17.5 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 18.3 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 19.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 19.4 mi
- Endless View Farms: 23.0 mi
- Heishman Garden: 13.1 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 13.8 mi
- ISAT Patio: 13.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 20.1 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 15.9 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 19.9 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 9.1 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 20.9 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 15.5 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 15.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 16.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Narrow Back Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | WNW 286° | 1,338 m | 6.9 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | NW 326° | 1,336 m | 6.2 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | NW 324° | 1,332 m | 6.2 mi |
| Freezland Flat | WSW 243° | 1,325 m | 13.0 mi |
| Bother Knob | NW 315° | 1,323 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | WSW 249° | 1,320 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | WSW 247° | 1,305 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tearjacket Knob | WSW 249° | 1,289 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582002
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